Dead Luna – Chapter 64

Jackson’s POV

“That was a close one,” Amelia says, after we’ve gotten in the car and driven halfway to the main highway that would lead us north towards Washington state. “Great job on that quick thinking, Glen! Your explanation was reasonable, and not exactly a lie, either!”

“I’ve been in politics for a long time,” Glen responds modestly, but was obviously happy with Amy’s praise. “You get used to equivocation on the spot.”

lia’s phone to the car, and get her playlist going to her favorite tunes to sing along to. I had been helping her the last few days with developing her playlist during her downtime. And then I get to enjoy listening to Amy as she sings along, loosing herself completely in the music. She has such a wonderful singi

And I’ve witnessed how fair she is on the rare occasion that she’s needed to punish someone, like the rogue wolves. I know she didn’t enjoy that, but she was still fair. And I’ve seen how kind she is, often going out of her way to help someone who needs a hand.

d that once I am given my fated mate, I will be happy. And yet I will always care deeply for Amy.

l wind turbines, slowly turning from the strong winds that blow through the Columbia River Gorge, as they create power to electrify the Pacific Northwest. They look odd, dotting the landscape, and yet they cover the rolling hills in huge numbers. I’m always amazed at the ingenuity of the humans, trying to harness the earth to do their bidding, rather than live at peace with all of creation. Never being happy with what they have, always desiring more. Not that wolves don’t often desire something “mor

es that she needs to stop for a few minutes. I watch as she gets out, and makes her way into the concrete building. Nothing seems out of place, but after several minutes pass I feel a rather odd sensation. Like a tiny pinch in my neck. I look ov

o seem to be scent masked, around the back side of the building and into the woods.

he woods in search of Amy and whomever had taken her. It doesn’t take long to find them, as the wolves who had taken her couldn’t drag her along unconscious in their wolf form.

f Diamond and my wolf Sky are both huge and intimidating, and as soon as the group of 4 wolves saw their pursuers, they dropped Amy, shifted, and all but one moron ran off. Glen tackled and killed that one, while I took off after the one I figured was probably the leader. I caught him easily, and was able to pin him down, my canines ready to rip out his neck at the smallest provocation. He stares at me in ter

ck into his human form, and begins to question the wolf. I remove my teeth from his neck so he can answer, but continue to growl menacingly at him.

ms at him. “Do you know who she is?”

viously got a high blood status, so she’d be worth a lot of money. It was nothing personal.”

at did you knock her out with?” Glen asks me

o Amy.

d felt the prick earlier in my own neck. That must have been where they injected her with their cocktail of drugs to knock her out. I hadn’t felt any fear coming from her, so they must have snuck up from behind her as she was leaving the restroom. The sneaky bastards!

Then we move as quick as we can back to the edge of the tree line where our clothes are stashed. We don’t even bother with the niceties, like shoes, underwear and t-shirts. We just throw on our pants, and head for the car as quick as possible. Thank goddess it’s another warm day, so we don’t look out of place.

s from around the side of the building.

I say to Glen as he floors it. I’m in the back seat with Amy, trying to get her unconscious body buckled in properly with my shaking hands. “How far away is the Satus Pass pack?”

ne ahead and see if they can have medical staff alerted and ready? I’m no

,” I agree, and give Alpha Thorn and Luna Candice a call to apprise them of the situation.

worrying the Alpha king without knowing the answers to everything he will ask.

d have had her shipped off to anywhere in a matter of hours. I shudder to think of would have happened to her, sold on the black market a

e is obviously different, I doubt she is in mortal danger, but she very easily could have been.

a horrible fate.

ry to rid the area of the criminal elements if they are still there. Glen and I answer to the best of our ability.

than an hour later, after they’ve done what tests they needed to do, I’m allowed to see Amy

e, and I thank goddess that Glen and I were able to get her out of that situation basically unscathed.